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A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

Colin Powell

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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Choice Friendship Himself Mirror Reflection
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life’s cycle and it’s from failure that you gain life experience.
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Deal Experience Failure Learning Life Yourself
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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Gift Greatness Love Myself Parents Value
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Achievement Attitude Development Excellence Yourself
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Expression Need Policemen World
It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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Enemy Kill Thinking Yourself
My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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Country Journey Responsibility Togetherness Try
It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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Change Discussion Friendship Ourselves Role
An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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Difficult Face Organization People

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